buzz bomb

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buzz bomb

(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) another name for the V-1

[C20: from the sound of its engine]

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buzz′ bomb`

a V-1 robot bomb.

[1940–45]

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Noun

buzz bomb - a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb

flying bomb, robot bomb, V-1, doodlebug

guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices

Translations

buzz bomb

n → Fernrakete f

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Chronicling her WW II service from her training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia to her assignment at an army air field in Florida to surviving buzz bomb and V-2 rocket attacks in London and witnessing the devastation of Paris a scant two weeks after the city's liberation, An Army in Skirts is the candid testimony of a woman's perspective--thoughtfully discussing the connections Brown made with individual people and the simple day-to-day matters of survival as well as larger issues of war and peace.